Posh People

Alice and Rob talk about the British class system, and discuss whether posh people are discriminated against.

This week's question:

Which member of the pop group The Spice Girls was nicknamed Posh Spice? Was it:

a) Emma Bunton

b) Geri Halliwell

c) Victoria Adams

Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!


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Vocabulary

categorised

divided into sets or groups
persecuted

treated worse than other people (maybe because of your race, religion or lifestyle)
elegant

pleasing and graceful in appearance
perceived

believed
discrimination

treating a person or a group of people worse than others
an open season

a period of time when the usual rules don't apply
minorities

small groups in society
unrepresentative

here, not typical of a group of people or viewpoint
(the) establishment

(the) government, authorities, and influential people in society (e.g. the media)



 





Source: BBC Learning English- http://www.bbc.co.uk